The roof of this two-story apartment building in Town & Country Perico was destroyed as fire sparked by a lightning strike spread across the roof and through the attic while more than a dozen ...

Members of the Bradenton Beach Scenic Highway Committee Corridor Management Entity were surprised two weeks ago to learn that Manatee County planned to build a lifeguard station just east of Coquina ...

A huge hammerhead shark caused more commotion ashore last week than it ever did in the water, as Cortez village hosted the marine giant on its way to Mote Marine Laboratory. Caught on tackle off Boca ...

Current red tide conditions around the state of Florida are summarized, and sampling results are mapped. Reports are updated on Friday afternoon. Current and past regional status reports are also ...

The Holmes Beach City Commission approved a $7.8 million budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. The 2008-09 budget was $8.1 million. The vote Sept. 22 was 4-1, with Commissioner David ...

Lifelong islander Jean Bystrom captured mullet photos last week at "mom and dad's dock," Jean and Hugh Holmes Sr., in Holmes Beach, where the fish were schooling and gurgling on the bay water's ...

The Manatee County Area Transit and its Sarasota counterpart, Sarasota County Area Transit, will begin daily trolley service between Anna Maria Island and downtown Sarasota, including stops on ...

The April 12 death of 45-year-old Anna Maria resident Karen Beth Maloney has been ruled a suicide by the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office. She was found shot around 2 p.m. at a home in the 500 block of ...

Bradenton Beach commissioners are seeking an appraisal on undeveloped beachfront property caught up in litigation. The property in the 1400 block of Gulf Drive is being offered to the city for ...

With the price of copper climbing to five times what it was in 2003, thieves have begun targeting metal objects, particularly the brass bolt used to anchor a fire hydrant. Brass is an alloy of copper ...

Bradenton Beach was still working through the aftermath of Hurricane Helene the week of Sept. 30 — and will be for some time.

Vail Wagner of Holmes Beach and Rob Robak of Bradenton are engaged. Wagner attended Anna Maria Elementary, King Middle and ...